Fidel Castro News

Who: Fidel Castro
Where: Cuba
When: January 23
Why:
What:

http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2009/01/24/index.php?section=mundo&article=023n1mun

Politicians

1.Silvio Berlusconi – Italy
2. Michelle Bachelet - Chile
3. Hillary Clinton - U.S
4. Hu Jintao - China
5. Álvaro Uribe - Colombia
6. Ehud Olmert - Israel
7. Gordon Brown – United kingdom
8. Ban Ki Moon – United Nations
9. Nicolas Sarkozy - France
10. George Bush – U.S
11. Vladimir Putin - Russia
12. Fidel Castro - Cuba
13. Mahmoud Abbas - Palestine
14. Taro Aso - Japan
15. José Luis Zapatero - Spain
16. Kim Jong Il – North Corea
17. Barack Obama – U.S
18. Dalai Lama - Tibet
19. Pratibha Patil - India
20. Thein Sein - Birmania
21. Robert Mugabe - Zimbabwe
22. Hamid Karzai - Afganistan
23. Raul Castro - Cuba
24. Mohamed Hosni Murbarak -Egypt
25. Dmitry Medvedev- Russia
26. Cristina Fernández de Kirchner- Argentina
27. Abhijit Vejjajiva- Thailand
28. Ignacio Lula da Silva - Brazil
29. Angela Merkel - Germany
30. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad – Iran
31. Asif Ali Zardari - Pakistan

The War between Israel and Gaza

Where is Israel? Locate it on a map.
Israel is located in the esastern edge of the mediterranean sea. It borders with Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest.

Why was Israel created?
It was created in 1948 after 50 years of efforts to stablish a home for jewis people.

Where are the Palestinian territories? Locate on a map.
It is conformed by Israel, The West Bank, The Gaza strip and Jordan.

What is happening in Israel and Gaza?
They are in war, because israel attacked Hamas in Gaza´s territories because they can´t accept they won the elections among other things.

d and how many Israelis?
900 Palestinian and 13 Israelis.

What is Hamas?
Is a Palestinian organization which has the majority of the legislative council of the Palestinian council. It is considered a terrorist organization by the U.S.

What was the U.S. response to the attacks?

Blame the Hamas for everything that happened during this time.

What happened when Israel was declared a state in 1948?

It began a war because Israel decided to become independent from other countries and achieved it so the other Arabic states that surrounded it refused to accept it. Since that day there had existed many wars in consecuence of that first one.

What did Israel agree to in the Oslo accords?

They are called the Declaration of Principles (DOP) it is between Israel and Palestine. This lets the Palestine government to establish; this has the purpose to stop conflict between them.

How did Hamas come to power in Gaza?

They gained control of the Palestinian Legislative Council from an election in 2006 and by 2007 they had control of everything.

"The new meaning of and old battle"

°Which "old battle" does the article's headline refer?

The battle between Gaza and Israel for power.

° What sem to be the hopes underlying Israel's assault on Gaza?

That they will have an agreement of peace at least for a little.

° How would a clear Israeli victory affect the region?

They would make them like israelis and that will change years of history from that cultures.

° How would a clear Israeli victory affect the United States?

They will not have control of gaza anymore

° Why does Iran have much at stake in the outcome of the current crisis?

The hamas won´t help them spread the Arab culture

° How likely is it that the Israeli assault will be successful?

people belive they won´t win this battle.

° What are some of the divisions in the Middle East that this conflict has highlighted?

It is in two parts one part is palestine, Lebanon and iran. The second part is conformed by Israel that is supproted by the U.S,Egyprt and Jordan.

° What happened in Lebanon in 1982? How are the Gaza attacks similar?

Israel invaded it to eliminate the Yasir Afat´s forces.He negociated and recognized israel.

° In what ways might the attacks on Gaza backfire?

They say this is like in 1982 and that they will fall again.

° Why does Mr. Abbas say he will walk away from the peace talks begun by President Bush in 2007?

Because they only say promises but never complete them.So he doesn´t trust them anymore.

° What lessons has Israel learned from Lebanon?

To lower expectations.

° In what way is the timing of this renewed battle beneficial?

It came before Obama on the 20th of January.

° How will the Obama administration be able to capitalize on the situation in Gaza?

the sentimental reactions of the people will help him a lot to control the situation,and that it started even before obama´s ignauration.

News 1

Bird Flu

Who :Chinese population

Where : China

When : Recently

Why : Because a chinese girl was in contact with a bird in the Hebei Providence

What : She died after being in contact with this bird; this was the first case since almost a year ago. They took extreme health measures, like killing a lot of birds throughout the world.